Two-time national player of the year Zach Edey’s transition to pro basketball is one of the most intriguing storylines of this year’s NBA Summer League.
Ed Graney
Ed Graney came to the Review-Journal in May of 2006 as its lead sports columnist. He has covered all major sporting events, including Super Bowls to NBA championships to every Final Four since 1995. Graney also covered the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008) and London (2012). A graduate of San Diego State University, he is a five-time Nevada Sportswriter of the Year and past winner of Associated Press Sports Editors Top 10 for columns. He and wife Bonnie have two children, a son (Tristan) and daughter (Bridget).
Guard Trey Woodbury, who played at Clark High School and one season at UNLV before transferring to Utah Valley, is with the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Summer League.
Connor Fields, a local BMX racer who suffered a horrific crash at the Tokyo Olympics, will lend his expertise to the NBC broadcast of the Paris Olympics.
Barry Odom’s second Rebels team has a lot to play for coming off a nine-win season. UNLV is looking to win the Mountain West after coming up short a year ago.
UNLV’s football team is bringing in a Las Vegas native to be the new primary voice of its radio broadcasts.
UNLV’s football team is expected to be a contender in the Mountain West this season after a strong first year under coach Barry Odom.
Vashti Cunningham finished in third place in the women’s high jump at the U.S. Track and Field Trials Monday night, securing a spot in the Paris Games.
One of the finest freshmen to wear a UNLV uniform is focused on his second season. Don’t think he wasn’t chased with enticements this offseason that would have been more lucrative than his NIL deal with UNLV.
Bishop Gorman alum Vashti Cunningham, one of the world’s top high jumpers, will compete at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials this week in Eugene, Oregon.
Frustrated through words and now tears, the Aces on Saturday again played little defense in falling to the red-hot New York Liberty at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Fourth-year cornerback Nate Hobbs is a key ingredient to a Raiders defense that could rank among the NFL’s best this season.
The Raiders’ defense was one of the NFL’s best down the stretch last season. They could be even better this year.
Jakobi Meyers is not only one of the better basketball players on the Raiders, but a needed No. 2 wide receiver behind star Davante Adams.
Glen Gulutzan — who coached the Las Vegas Wranglers to great success between 2003 and 2009 — is on the Edmonton Oilers’ bench during the Stanley Cup Final.
Gardner Minshew is saying all the right things about the Raiders’ quarterback competition, but he is trying like heck to be the starter when the season opens.